200 Top SEO Ranking Factors March 2026

TOP SEO Factors for 2026-3 previous

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	Name	Correlation	#1 Max	Page 1 Avg	Usage %	Searches %
1	Number of Unique LSI Words Used Diversity	-0.27	919	285	82 %	83 %
2	Number of Unique Variations Used Diversity	-0.27	18	8	82 %	91 %
3	Number of Top 200 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	51	41	96 %	93 %
4	Number of Top 100 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.26	38	31	96 %	94 %
5	Number of Distinct Entities Used Diversity	-0.25	63	29	78 %	95 %
6	Entities in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.24	6	3	69 %	95 %
7	Load Time Milliseconds Performance	-0.24	20717	1355	83 %	95 %
8	Variations in Search Result Document File Name Relevancy	-0.24	3	2	51 %	90 %
9	Variations in H1 and H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	29	5	65 %	93 %
10	Number of Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	270	194	96 %	92 %
11	Number of Top 50 Shared Factors Used Diversity	-0.24	16	13	95 %	91 %
12	Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.24	41	8	66 %	93 %
13	Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.23	44	9	67 %	94 %
14	Variations in Search Result URL Path Relevancy	-0.23	3	2	53 %	90 %
15	Entities in H2 Tags	-0.23	44	9	57 %	96 %
16	Variations in Search Result URL Relevancy	-0.23	4	2	63 %	86 %
17	Exact Matches in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.23	230	8	26 %	91 %
18	Leading Variations in H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	6	2	48 %	90 %
19	Entities in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.22	449	161	74 %	95 %
20	Entities in Sentences Relevancy	-0.22	446	157	71 %	95 %
21	Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.22	25	4	53 %	92 %
22	Entities in H1 Tags	-0.22	10	3	59 %	93 %
23	Variations in P Tags Relevancy	-0.22	107	35	70 %	91 %
24	Leading Variations in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.22	1	1	37 %	90 %
25	Variations in First 100 Words Relevancy	-0.22	22	8	70 %	93 %
26	Leading Variations in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.21	7	2	51 %	90 %
27	Variations in Sentences Relevancy	-0.21	93	33	74 %	91 %
28	Variations in the Canonical URL Relevancy	-0.21	6	2	56 %	89 %
29	Variations in Div Tags Relevancy	-0.21	387	120	75 %	91 %
30	Variations in HTML Tags Relevancy	-0.21	769	217	79 %	90 %
31	Variations in Body Tags Relevancy	-0.21	769	217	79 %	90 %
32	LSI Words in Sentences Relevancy	-0.2	2501	728	65 %	95 %
33	Variations in Absolute URLs Relevancy	-0.2	185	67	67 %	89 %
34	Variations in the Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	71 %	88 %
35	Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	5	2	58 %	91 %
36	Leading Variations in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	2	1	30 %	90 %
37	Entities in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.2	9	4	61 %	93 %
38	Variations in LI Tags Relevancy	-0.2	136	24	67 %	90 %
39	LSI Words in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.2	14	6	67 %	93 %
40	Term Frequency Relevancy	-0.2	4	3	79 %	90 %
41	TF/IDF Relevancy	-0.2	1	1	64 %	86 %
42	Variations in Search Result Link Text Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	84 %	87 %
43	Exact Matches in H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.2	8	1	16 %	92 %
44	Variations in Search Result Display URL Relevancy	-0.2	3	2	84 %	88 %
45	Has Entities in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	1	1	60 %	91 %
46	Variations in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.19	4	2	61 %	88 %
47	Variations in A Tags Relevancy	-0.19	155	28	68 %	92 %
48	LSI Words in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.19	117	25	59 %	95 %
49	Unabridged Word Count Size	-0.19	7758	1753	83 %	90 %
50	Word Count Size	-0.19	6869	1442	83 %	90 %
51	Inline CSS Kilobytes Size	-0.19	157	74	66 %	90 %
52	Variations in A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	183	47	65 %	90 %
53	Variations in Script Tags Relevancy	-0.19	321	47	67 %	86 %
54	Variations in OpenGraph Title Relevancy	-0.19	3	2	61 %	88 %
55	Search Result Domain is .com, .net, or .org Other	-0.19	1	1	4 %	67 %
56	Variation Count in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.19	88	24	69 %	91 %
57	Clean Text Kilobytes Size	-0.19	49	12	75 %	91 %
58	Entities in H3 Tags	-0.19	29	7	48 %	96 %
59	Variations in Span Tags Relevancy	-0.19	28	11	54 %	90 %
60	Variations in Distinct A Tag HREF Attributes Relevancy	-0.19	132	33	65 %	90 %
61	Number of P Tags Size	-0.18	103	39	75 %	89 %
62	Search Result Domain is .com Other	-0.18	1	1	4 %	66 %
63	Number of Images Size	-0.18	135	28	75 %	92 %
64	Exact Matches in Title Tag Relevancy	-0.18	2	1	13 %	87 %
65	Exact Matches in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.18	17	2	15 %	93 %
66	LSI Words in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	22	5	58 %	93 %
67	Has Entities in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	59 %	91 %
68	Exact Matches in H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	1	1	10 %	86 %
69	Number of Images with ALT Text Size	-0.18	114	20	70 %	90 %
70	Clean Keyword Density in the HTML Tag Relevancy	-0.18	14	4	73 %	84 %
71	Number Of JSON-LD Types Relevancy	-0.18	133	14	60 %	90 %
72	Leading Variations in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.18	3	1	27 %	91 %
73	Exact Matches in Sentences Relevancy	-0.18	29	2	18 %	90 %
74	Number of Absolute URLs Authority	-0.18	2097	277	82 %	80 %
75	Number of HTML Tags Size	-0.18	2849	990	83 %	90 %
76	Variations in OpenGraph Description Relevancy	-0.18	4	2	57 %	86 %
77	Number of Sentences Size	-0.18	286	114	81 %	88 %
78	Has JSON-LD Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	58 %	86 %
79	LSI Words in Meta Description Tag Relevancy	-0.17	26	11	58 %	93 %
80	Title Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.17	1	1	69 %	90 %
81	Uses JSON-LD name Other	-0.17	1	1	57 %	85 %
82	Variation Density in Top 30KB Relevancy	-0.17	4	2	67 %	86 %
83	Number of Heading Tags Size	-0.17	64	24	75 %	90 %
84	Variations in ALT Attributes Relevancy	-0.17	46	6	47 %	87 %
85	Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.17	12	3	41 %	93 %
86	Number of H2 Tags Size	-0.17	24	8	70 %	91 %
87	Number of LinkedIn Pages Authority	-0.17	3	1	40 %	89 %
88	Is OpenGraph Type Article Technology	-0.16	1	1	37 %	78 %
89	Number of Questions Size	-0.16	200	13	68 %	84 %
90	Uses JSON-LD BreadcrumbList Other	-0.16	1	1	40 %	84 %
91	Variations making whole H1 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	10 %	85 %
92	Page Size Kilobytes Size	-0.16	686	285	83 %	84 %
93	Variations in Nav Tags Relevancy	-0.16	166	23	49 %	90 %
94	Percentage of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.16	98	83	79 %	89 %
95	Variations in Section Tags Relevancy	-0.16	141	27	43 %	86 %
96	Uses JSON-LD ListItem Other	-0.16	1	1	41 %	83 %
97	Number of Facebook Pages Authority	-0.16	4	2	57 %	86 %
98	Variations making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	2	1	20 %	87 %
99	Variations making whole H1, H2, and H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	17 %	88 %
100	Number of Social Pages Authority	-0.16	13	5	63 %	87 %
101	Uses JSON-LD url Other	-0.16	1	1	52 %	86 %
102	Has Schema Markup Relevancy	-0.16	1	1	66 %	79 %
103	Uses JSON-LD description Other	-0.16	1	1	48 %	82 %
104	Uses Schema name Other	-0.16	1	1	63 %	81 %
105	Flesch Kincaid Reading Grade Level Other	-0.16	6	2	92 %	88 %
106	Number of Includes Technology	-0.16	42	27	82 %	81 %
107	Uses Schema url Other	-0.16	1	1	60 %	79 %
108	Number of Questions In Headings Size	-0.16	7	2	41 %	88 %
109	Has Canonical URL Authority	-0.16	1	1	72 %	81 %
110	Number of HTTPS Links Authority	-0.16	1919	143	78 %	88 %
111	Variations in Strong Tags Relevancy	-0.15	10	3	30 %	88 %
112	Number of US Phone Numbers Trust	-0.15	268	11	53 %	87 %
113	Has Apple Touch Icon Technology	-0.15	1	1	55 %	80 %
114	Variations making whole A Tags Relevancy	-0.15	5	2	33 %	84 %
115	Has Entities in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	50 %	91 %
116	Percentage of DoFollow Internal Links Authority	-0.15	88	73	78 %	88 %
117	Number of JavaScript Includes Technology	-0.15	31	17	80 %	80 %
118	Number of DoFollow Links Authority	-0.15	1918	141	79 %	88 %
119	Number of Backlinks Authority	-0.15	482053	13129	45 %	26 %
120	Inline JavaScript Kilobytes Size	-0.15	409	82	80 %	80 %
121	Meta Description Tag Has Entities Relevancy	-0.15	1	1	62 %	87 %
122	Number of Internal Links Authority	-0.15	407	119	78 %	88 %
123	Variations in I Tags Relevancy	-0.15	12	4	27 %	83 %
124	Number of Links Authority	-0.15	1920	142	79 %	87 %
125	Number of Referring Domains Authority	-0.15	2395	183	46 %	26 %
126	Is Article Page Other	-0.15	1	1	48 %	83 %
127	LSI Words in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	99	23	51 %	93 %
128	Headings Has Question Other	-0.15	1	1	41 %	84 %
129	Number of H1 Tags Size	-0.15	4	2	70 %	90 %
130	Has US Phone Number Trust	-0.15	1	1	54 %	81 %
131	Uses Schema description Other	-0.15	1	1	53 %	78 %
132	Uses Schema webpage Other	-0.15	1	1	41 %	79 %
133	Number of Images without ALT Text Size	-0.15	41	10	57 %	89 %
134	Entities in H4 Tags	-0.15	7	3	24 %	90 %
135	Variations in Main Tags Relevancy	-0.15	333	47	36 %	91 %
136	Number of H3 Tags Size	-0.15	27	9	62 %	91 %
137	Variations in Article Tags Relevancy	-0.15	104	12	25 %	85 %
138	Variations in the last 100 words Relevancy	-0.15	12	4	56 %	81 %
139	Has Meta Viewport Technology	-0.15	1	1	80 %	85 %
140	Uses Schema breadcrumblist Other	-0.15	1	1	45 %	79 %
141	Search Result Number of Dirs in Path Other	-0.15	3	2	70 %	76 %
142	Uses Schema organization Other	-0.15	1	1	39 %	79 %
143	Leading Variations in H3 Tags Relevancy	-0.15	3	1	20 %	86 %
144	Uses Schema imageobject Other	-0.15	1	1	41 %	76 %
145	Has Contact Page Trust	-0.15	1	1	63 %	79 %
146	Number Of Claimed Brands Other	-0.14	21	3	28 %	85 %
147	Uses Schema inlanguage Other	-0.14	1	1	38 %	78 %
148	Uses Schema listitem Other	-0.14	1	1	45 %	78 %
149	Variations in H4-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	7	2	23 %	84 %
150	Number of HTML Comments Size	-0.14	808	50	71 %	84 %
151	Has XMLRPC Technology	-0.14	1	1	36 %	79 %
152	Uses JSON-LD WebPage Other	-0.14	1	1	38 %	80 %
153	Search Result Uses HTTPS Other	-0.14	1	1	82 %	84 %
154	Uses JSON-LD Organization Other	-0.14	1	1	36 %	79 %
155	Has Meta Twitter Card Authority	-0.14	1	1	60 %	78 %
156	Variations in Style Tags Relevancy	-0.14	90	5	16 %	88 %
157	Number of Questions In H2 Tags Size	-0.14	3	1	27 %	85 %
158	Has OpenGraph Type Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	64 %	81 %
159	Variations in Form Tags Relevancy	-0.14	3	1	14 %	84 %
160	Has FavIcon Technology	-0.14	1	1	75 %	78 %
161	Uses JSON-LD inLanguage Other	-0.14	1	1	37 %	79 %
162	Uses JSON-LD ImageObject Other	-0.14	1	1	35 %	82 %
163	Number of Meta Generator Tags Technology	-0.14	2	1	43 %	81 %
164	Has RSS Link Authority	-0.14	1	1	36 %	77 %
165	Number of H4 Tags Size	-0.14	10	4	37 %	80 %
166	Exact Matches in Meta Description Relevancy	-0.14	2	1	9 %	88 %
167	Variations Making Whole Span Tags Relevancy	-0.14	8	2	24 %	85 %
168	Number of Do Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.14	481482	11848	40 %	27 %
169	Title Length Size	-0.14	111	51	82 %	78 %
170	Meta Description Length Size	-0.14	270	124	69 %	82 %
171	Number of Forms Technology	-0.14	6	2	46 %	80 %
172	Number of Prices Size	-0.14	574	64	68 %	82 %
173	Number of No Follow Backlinks Authority	-0.14	8608	748	34 %	25 %
174	Variations in Search Result Summary Relevancy	-0.14	4	2	86 %	68 %
175	Variations in Footer Tags Relevancy	-0.14	275	20	43 %	90 %
176	Has Meta Charset Technology	-0.14	1	1	73 %	84 %
177	Uses JSON-LD datePublished Other	-0.14	1	1	38 %	80 %
178	Number of Email Addresses Trust	-0.14	109	5	45 %	84 %
179	Uses Schema aggregaterating Other	-0.14	1	1	13 %	72 %
180	Uses Schema telephone Other	-0.14	1	1	27 %	75 %
181	Word Count in Meta Description Size	-0.14	47	20	69 %	83 %
182	Variations in HTML Comment Tags Relevancy	-0.14	17	2	25 %	87 %
183	Title Word Count Size	-0.14	15	8	82 %	78 %
184	Has Meta Description Relevancy	-0.14	1	1	68 %	80 %
185	Exact Matches in H2 Tags Relevancy	-0.14	6	1	9 %	88 %
186	Variations Making Whole LI Tags Relevancy	-0.14	4	1	27 %	82 %
187	Uses JSON-LD item Other	-0.14	1	1	27 %	80 %
188	Uses JSON-LD image Other	-0.14	1	1	20 %	75 %
189	Uses Schema datemodified Other	-0.14	1	1	37 %	74 %
190	Number of CSS Includes Technology	-0.14	19	11	73 %	80 %
191	Uses Schema datepublished Other	-0.14	1	1	41 %	72 %
192	Search Result Domain Length Size	-0.13	23	16	82 %	78 %
193	Variations in Meta Twitter Content Relevancy	-0.13	2	1	31 %	73 %
194	Uses Schema website Other	-0.13	1	1	41 %	79 %
195	Variations in Class Attributes Relevancy	-0.13	164	6	21 %	89 %
196	Search Result Host Length Size	-0.13	23	16	82 %	78 %
197	Exact Matches making whole H1-H6 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	1	1	5 %	88 %
198	Variations in H4 Tags Relevancy	-0.13	3	1	18 %	82 %
199	Uses Schema addressregion Other	-0.13	1	1	24 %	72 %
200	Number of DoFollow External Links Authority	-0.13	1603	18	72 %	83 %

Measures 149806 SEO Factors

148084 Built-In SEO Factors

138907 On-page SEO Factors

9177 Google Maps SEO Factors for Local SEO

1722 SEO Factors from APIs

147 API SEO Factors for off-page SEO like backlinks and referring domains.

1575 Technology Stack SEO Factors

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